Introducing the Eye Pad
Addition Studios follows the belief that you can manifest a calm, healthy and creative existence by performing daily rituals which nourish your mind and body. The Addition Studios Eye Pad is part of their ritual collection and is a scented all natural eye pillow to place on your eyes after meditation, when going to sleep or after yoga to help with relaxation.With the ritual ethos in mind the eye pad was crafted to be part of your daily ritual practices with ergonomic design and all natural ingredients to help in winding down after a busy day.
Addition Studio's Ryan Hanrahan
Ryan Hanrahan, Creative Director and Designer of Addition Studios is an avid surfer, ocean swimmer & meditator amongst other things. This envious lifestyle of his directly translates into all his minimalistic semi brutalist but refined product design. Ryan is consumed with health, wellness and the art of daily rituals which has evolved into his ritual collection of oil burners, incense line and candles etc. The Eye Pad is just one of many wellness products that he has designed for his own lifestyle practices and introduced into the Addition Studios collection.
What's in an Eye Pad?
Lavender
Often utilised in aromatherapy, lavender essential oil promotes relaxation and is believed to treat a whole range of ailments including anxiety, allergies, depression, insomnia, eczema, nausea, and menstrual cramps to name a few. The Eye Pads use of the dry lavender allows for a cushiony weight with the essential oil producing a well rounded fragrance. The ingredient produces a calming aroma to ease your mind and put you into a state of tranquility.
Chamomile
Chamomile is another aroma that promotes relaxation of both the mind and the body. ‘Research studies show that chamomile relaxes emotions, muscles, and even brain waves. It eases the emotional ups and downs of PMS, menopause, and hyperactivity in children. It also helps control the pain of bruises, stiff joints, headaches, sore muscles, menstrual and digestive system cramping (Keville, Kathy).
Adzuki Beans
An important ingredient, the adzuki beans provide the weight to the eye mask which gives the sensation of a light massage. The weight of the mask soothes strain on your eyes as well as promoting deep sleeping. Having a deeper sleep allows you to have a greater chance of boosting the REM stage in your sleep cycle which in turn improves your mood. Contrary to other popular weighted eye masks that utilise foam or glass beads, the adzuki beans are a natural alternative that is not only heatable but also when you feel like the Eye Pad has run its course the Eye Pad can even be composted.
How to use and when
The EyePad is simple to use, place over your eyes after or during meditation, after a yoga session or before you go to bed for the night. To heat the Eye Pad, you can microwave the eye mask with a glass of water for 30 seconds. Make sure not to overheat and to check the temperature before placing over eyes.
Why we love it at JAU
Saki from JAU loves to use the Eye Pad to wind down at the end of the day~ She usually doesn't like to use aroma tools too often due to disliking an overly strong herbal scent, however, she says that the EyePad is not overpowering and has just the right amount of an aroma to let her transport to a dreamlike state. Saki states ‘It’s like someone put their hands on my eyes and I can feel a good amount of pressure like a massage. When I put on the Eye pad, a fresh floral and a mint-like scent comes through my nose so that I can breathe deeply’.
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